Accelerator length, not floor mat, is key problem in Toyota recall
In September, I reported about Toyota's largest recall of over 4 million vehicles. At that time, Toyota reported the problem as a faulty floor mat. Now, Toyota has decided to replace the gas pedals in those vehicles as the gas pedal could get stuck in the floor mat, causing serious injury or death.
If you own one of the covered vehicles (see previous post listing the recalled vehicles), contact your local dealer to schedule an appointment to have the repairs made. However, it appears the fix will be a two-step process as Toyota still has to produce a shortened accelerator pedal and dealers will shorten the length of the gas pedal by three-fourths of an inch until the replacement pedals are available sometime in April, 2010. Do not put off having these repairs made. Your life could depend on it.
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